{"id":1236,"date":"2022-03-11T14:41:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T14:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/11\/google-apple-meta-and-others-call-on-texas-to-drop-anti-trans-legislation\/"},"modified":"2022-03-11T14:41:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T14:41:42","slug":"google-apple-meta-and-others-call-on-texas-to-drop-anti-trans-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/11\/google-apple-meta-and-others-call-on-texas-to-drop-anti-trans-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Google, Apple, Meta and others call on Texas to drop anti-trans legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google, Apple, and Meta are among more than 60 companies<\/a> asking Texas governor Greg Abbott to abandon recent legislation that defines gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors as \u201cchild abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a full-page advertisement published in the Friday edition of the Dallas Morning News, <\/em>the companies call on leaders in Texas to \u201cabandon efforts to write discrimination into law.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThis policy creates fear for employees and their families, especially those with transgender children, who might now be faced with choosing to provide the best possible medical care for their children but risk having those children removed by child protective services for doing so,\u201d states the ad. \u201cIt\u2019s not just wrong, it has an impact on our employees, our customers, their families, and our work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The advertisement is signed by more than 60 companies. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Signatories for the letter include major tech businesses like Microsoft, Salesforce, IBM, and PayPal, as well as blue chip corporations like Johnson & Johnson, Ikea, and Gap. Around the same time that news of the ad was published, Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted his own thoughts on this and other anti-LGBTQ legislation currently being passed in the US: <\/p>\n

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As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, I am deeply concerned about laws being enacted across the country, particularly those focused on our vulnerable youth. I stand with them and the families, loved ones, and allies who support them.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Cook (@tim_cook) March 11, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The Texas legislation in question is a directive issued by Abbott on February 22nd<\/a> that calls on state agencies to \u201cconduct a prompt and thorough investigation\u201d of any reports of minors undergoing \u201celective procedures for gender transitioning.\u201d The directive charges members of the public as well as professionals like teachers, nurses, and doctors to report any such cases, and threatens individuals who fail to do so with \u201ccriminal penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n

The order \u2014 which many experts say is illegal<\/a> \u2014 is part of a wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation being pushed by Conservative lawmakers across the US<\/a> ahead of midterm elections. In Florida, lawmakers recently passed a law<\/a> that bans discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in schools (dubbed the Don\u2019t Say Gay<\/em> bill by opponents).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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